lindz17

This was my day to day life for years! I loved to meet the girls out for some margaritas and wine, few beers by the pool and fire pit! Barbecue grilling and restaurant dining!! For the past six months I've been struggling with the smoking part and well the drinking and eating! I am smoke and alcohol free for now 30 days alcohol hasn't been a problem but the smoking is an extreme addiction! I think I want a cigarette more than I want food being in my two week liquid only diet! The main question for everybody is what do with myself now that drinking smoking and food are no longer a part of my life! During work is fine but my weekends are killers, i've been hiding in my bedroom all weekend too afraid to leave the house to fall back into bad habits! I am single and 40 and I live in Wisconsin with temperatures at freezing! I need to find a new hobby or something to do with myself anybody have any suggestions!!!
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I am so impressed!!! alcohol, cigarettes and food. Every minute of every day, you should pat yourself on the back.
I smoked for 25 years. Quitting is very hard. That advice about the first 2 weeks being the hardest is BS. It is hard for much longer so keep your guard up. It is not just the physical addiction but it was such a part of your life. It was a reason to take a break, it was something to do with your hands when you were bored, it was something to do with your mouth instead of eating. right?
I promise it does get better. At first you will be preoccupied every minute of the day and think of nothing else. Gradually the time between will get further and further apart until one day you'll realize you went a whole day without thinking about a cigarette.
It helps to remind yourself that never again will you have to go stand outside in the rain or snow to smoke, never again will you need to wake up on a Sunday morning and run out to the store because you ran out, never again will you have the awful smell on your breath and clothes, and best of all you will not develop those deep vertical lines on your lips as you get older.
so proud of you!!!!

Before & after pics -update. I am feeling great, so happy I had surgery. I feel like 2017 is going to be a really good year with a new me & new beginnings.   
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@ veryblessed Here is my before and after. Don't know why I couldn't send it in the private chat. This was about at 3.5 months out. It was taken approx a month ago.

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Awesome! That's so exciting!
I was sleeved on December 13, 2016.
252 on the day of surgery and I'm 221 as of last Tuesday, total of 31 pounds down!
Are you still eating soft food?

So my journey started this past March and I was at my highest weight of 315. I was sleeved on 12/14/16, and I weighed 298 at that point. This morning I weighed 268.4! Down 29.4 pounds in a month! I am thrilled, but more importantly, I was able to do without a belt extender on my recent flight. I am wearing clothes from my closet that were too tight before, and I have a ton more energy. I am so glad that I made the decision to have the surgery.
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I can pray on my knees and get up afterwards.

As you can see I’m still very new to the post-surgery world. But today I had a little success to share with everybody who will be going through the same thing in the near future. An update on how I’m feeling, gas pains are all but gone (keep walking!) I’m now at the point where the sites are very itching and some of the bandaging is coming off. I’m still a little slow but I have very little to no pain, except minor at the incision sites. Now for the little success, I just started full liquids yesterday and today I decided to have some Tomato Soup, I heated up a can of Soup which was about 12 ounces, I sat down and started taking small sips to see how I tolerated it (no problem) it’s shocking how good Tomato soup tastes after the journey I have been on. I started falling into my old eating habits of, it’s in front of me I have to finish, it’s at this point my little breakthrough came today, after eating 4 or 5 ounces of soup I realized I wasn’t hungry anymore, the old me would’ve been like, it’s there you gotta finish it, but this time I stop myself and put the remainder of the soup in the fridge for a later time. I know this is not earth shattering but I guess this is a good success on my journey going forward.

Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
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Still a work in progress with quite a 7 to 8 month stall.
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HW 290+/SW 261/GW 160/CW 159

Loss over 200 lbs here is before and after

Graduation day for the second time! 93 pound difference, 7 months post op.

I have more because I love these too much. Feel free to tell me to stop posting any time
 
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So I still need to lose about 15-25 lbs but I'm down 121 lbs in 18 months!

Hey y'all!!
Long time, no talk - training for a half marathon and work has been insane lately!
My two year surgiversary was November 20th, and I tried on my old Cotton Ball dress because it was hanging in my closet, lol. (Cotton Ball is a southern cotillion ball - traditional thing with debutantes, etc. - I was 17 when I did it).
Left is from my wedding <3 that dress is a size 28. The one on the right is a size 8; I'm generally a 6 in clothes, but bridal runs small!
HW: 330
CW: 150
No skin removal

Just getting back on track after a year of not losing. I'm in the middle of a dramatic re-boot. (14.4 lbs lost in 8 days! Woo!) I'm about 2 years out. My anniversary is on Dec 17th! Here are some before/during shots!
HW: 491
CW: 264.1
Some before and "during" photos!

Left is about 2 weeks ago, mid-Nov 2016. Right is late Oct 2014, about 483 in that pic. Almost 10 lbs down from highest weight!

Just some face comparisons.

I can't wait until this gas dissolves. I'm walking doing gas x but it's still here. Hopefully it will be gone by end of the week

You look great! Such awesome progrrss for only 3 mo ths!!!!! And that dress is absolutely gorgeous!!!

Hi all want to post another update. A week away from my 3 month surgiversary and 30 kgs (about 60 pounds) down. I feel so much better and things are starting to get back to normal. The days where i fell down and regret having this surgery have reduced tremendously. Overall i just feel great! ????

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I haven't uploaded photos before, so I'm hoping I've done it right! Green shirt photos were the day I came home after surgery, so 3 days post op and 360 lbs. the black shirt photos were end of October 2016. I've lost 95 lbs. The face shot in the green shirt I was at my heaviest of 388 lbs. The difference in my face astounds me. I still have a long way to go, but I am thrilled with how far I've come in in just under 7 months.
Yes, my bathroom mirror needs a good cleaning. Sorry